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Birth Name: Pearl Fay White

Born: 4 March 1889 Died: 4 August 1938

Country of origin: United States

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The Beauty of Silence (500 items)
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Published 12 years, 6 months ago

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200 Legendary Actresses (200 items)
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Published 12 years, 2 months ago

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March-born famous people (284 items)
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Published 13 years, 5 months ago

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"We didn't need dialogue, we had faces" (52 items)
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Published 12 years, 8 months ago

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AFI's Female Legends Nominations (250 items)
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Published 13 years, 2 months ago

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Description: Born on her father's farm in Green Ridge, Missouri, the youngest of five children. Moved with her family to Springfield, Missouri, where she grew up. Joined the Diemer Theatre Company during her second year of high school, and went on the road with a touring stock company at age 18, in 1907. Signed by the Powers Film Co. in New York in 1910, and proceeded to work thereafter for many companies in starring roles. In 1914, she starred in Pathe's The Perils of Pauline, the fifth serial chapter play ever made. She became an international star therein and was the leading heroine of serial films for the next several years. Following an ... (more)